Housing in Developing Cities ─ Experience and Lessons

Housing in Developing Cities proposes an operational approach to public sector support to community-led incremental development of urban low-income group urban housing, drawing on case studies from the last half of the Twentieth Century, with the objective of informing readers of what has been tested and to what end.

Patrick Wakely is an independent consultant and Professor Emeritus of Urban Development in the University of London. He was a full-time member of the academic staff of the Development Planning Unit, University College London for 28 years and its Director for 14 years (1989-2003). He has held full-time teaching and training appointments in Asia, Africa and Latin America and has undertaken consultancy, research and training in some 20 developing countries.